Scottish map company to shape China’s view of the world | The National
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Il n’y a pas d’exemple de représentation des frontières, mais je serai curieux de voir comment ils approchent ce problème...
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A SMALL Scottish cartography firm is to shape China’s view of the world after signing a lucrative deal to supply maps to Beijing authorities.
Charts supplied by Midlothian company XYZ Maps will be used to help the Chinese government in planning and service delivery.
The deal was finalised following months of work which reveals a fundamental truth about the geographical documents – the world is how you make it.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
AS Dr Tim Rideout of XYZ Maps told The National, maps are “political documents”, with the meaning in the eye of the beholder.
To have the deal with the National Geomatics Centre of China (NGCC) signed off, Rideout and his team had to review and overhaul existing charts for accuracy – not because of errors, but because the information they contained did not accord with the country’s policy.
That included the labelling of Tibet, as well as other issues. “If you’re going to sell maps in China,” he said, “then you have to get a certificate from the Chinese government to say they comply with the Chinese view of the world. Any disputed territories have to be shown as Chinese.”
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